Avocent Corp. (NASDAQ: AVCT) and Agilent Technologies Inc. announced that they have signed an agreement for Avocent to purchase assets and to license technology used by Agilent in its remote management business. Agilent’s customers for this product line will now be obtaining products and services from Avocent. The purchase of this business line is not […]
Bethesda, MD – Communications’ Security and Detection Systems has acquired CyTerra and SafeView, two providers of technology for homeland security applications. Financial details were not disclosed and the acquisitions are forecasted to be slightly accretive to 2006 earnings . Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Orlando, Florida, CyTerra develops and manufactures military and security sensors […]
Tokyo, Japan and Oberkochen, Germany – NanoTechnology, a Seiko Instruments subsidiary, and Carl Zeiss Nano Technology Systems, a division of Carl Zeiss SMT, have announced a global strategic alliance for electron and ion beam systems. The companies will jointly market systems for nanotechnology and semiconductor process control and will combine their scanning and transmission electron […]
Boulder, Colo., March 10, 2006 — Analytical Spectral Devices, Inc. (ASD), manufacturer of precision analytical instruments for real-time, field based material identification and verification, announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued Patent Number 7,006,214 related to ASD’s innovative solution, RxSpec® technology. “This is ASD’s seventh patent covering pharmaceutical verification and […]
Wiesbaden, Germany and London, UK—Linde AG has agreed to make a preconditional offer to acquire The BOC Group for 1,600 pence ($28) per share, or approximately $14 billion. The offer represents a 39% premium over BOC’s January 23 share price. On January 24, Linde made public its 1,500 pence bid for the company, which was […]
Minneapolis, MN —On February 26, MOCON completed the sale of the common stock of its Lab Connections subsidiary to LEAP Technologies for $517,296 in cash. MOCON anticipates an after-tax gain of $90,000 for the first quarter ending March 31. Lab Connections, which MOCON acquired in 1998 makes the LC-Transform product line for fraction collection prior […]
Boulder, Colo., March 1, 2006 — Analytical Spectral Devices, Inc. (ASD) manufacturer of rapid, precision, analytical and quality control instruments introduces the new ultra-rugged LabSpec® 2500 / 2600 series, the latest in truly portable post-dispersive spectrometers. The LabSpec® 2500 / 2600 series incorporates the benchmark power of the award winning LabSpec® Pro’s broad spectral range […]
Loveland, CO—Hach, a Danaher company, has acquired Marsh-McBirney,a provider of flow measuring technologies. Financial details were not provided.“Water monitoring and analysis is Hach’s top focus. Marsh-McBirney brings strong technical capabilities that, combined with Hach’s global reach and world-class manufacturing, distribution and customers service capabilities, creates a unique position to best serve the growing demand for […]
BOULDER, CO, February 1, 2006 — GE Analytical Instruments, a division of GE Water & Process Technologies, today announced its new Sievers 500 RL On-Line Total Organic Carbon (TOC) Analyzer. Utilizing the proven Sievers laboratory TOC measurement technology, the highly automated Sievers 500 RL is designed for continuous on-line monitoring of organics in ultrapure water […]
Grandville, MI and Regensdorf, Switzerland- X-Rite has entered into an agreement to purchase Amazys Holding AG for $280 million, consisting of CHF 77 ($60) per share and 2.11 shares of X-Rite stock per share. X-Rite and Amazys AG subsidiary GretagMacbeth provide color measurement solutions, including hardware, software and services. “X-Rite is excited about the opportunity […]
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